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Keith Lee Comes to the Bay
Keith Lee, a prominent online food reviewer, cut his Bay Area family expedition short after an emergency trip to the hospital and half-a-dozen lackluster restaurant fumbles. “We didn’t just go to San...
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California State University Faculty Strike
California State University walked out of a negotiating session with its faculty union last week and announced pay increases that union negotiators had rejected, resulting in a faculty strike. The...
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San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata Retires
San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata last week announced he is “retiring” from the city so he can join Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen as head of the DA’s Bureau of Investigation. Mata...
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Terri Lyne Carrington at Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall
A conversation about jazz music with multi-Grammy Award winning band leader, composer and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington offers a therapeutic outlook on why the voices, artistry and work of women,...
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Cô Ba Desserts, Tea & Coffee
Eric Nguyen and Emily Vu started to develop the idea for Cô Ba, their new drinks and dessert cafe, in 2019. For inspiration, they traveled to Vietnam, from the south to the north. Nguyen told me they...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s “Person on the Street” Normalizes Stoners
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has a knack for hiding the high folks. Focus groups are mostly bogus, of course, especially in terms of their news value. The New York Times opinion section, in...
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Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology
This week Rob Brezsny’s Free Will astrology is here for you! ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries chemist Percy Julian (1899–1975) was a trailblazer in creating medicine from plants. He patented over 130...
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Shangri-La and the Incomplete Homeless Housing Projects
During the pandemic’s early days, as tents, tarps and cardboard shelters overwhelmed creek beds, freeway embankments and sidewalks, redeploying empty motels as housing seemed a creative solution. In...
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$40 to Poor House Bistro
Enter for a chance to win a $40 gift certificate for Poor House Bistro in San Jose. Let the good times roll out on the patio or inside the historic Victorian home of Famiglia Meduri Poor House Bistro!...
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$100 to Helm of Sun Valley
Enter for a chance to win a $100 gift card for Helm of Sun Valley in San Jose. Helm of Sun Valley has been serving San Jose since 1975 with exceptional products, stellar expertise and a dedication to...
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$50 to Birk’s Restaurant
Enter for a chance to win a $50 gift card for Birk’s Restaurant in Santa Clara. Renowned for outstanding hardwood grilled steaks, chops and seafood, Birk’s has evolved into a South Bay icon since its...
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Rickie Lee Jones in Menlo Park
The phrase something for everyone is overused, but it perfectly fits multiple Grammy winner Rickie Lee Jones. As a singer, songwriter, memoirist and bona fide legend, Jones defies labels and genres to...
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San Jose Jazz (SJZ) Supports the Scene
The first home-grown, cultural export from the United States that had a global impact was jazz. Before the jazz age, the US was considered industrially advanced with a knack for invention, but...
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San Jose Nonprofit MILC is on a Mission
The wealth gap in the Bay Area is rapidly growing with no sign of slowing down. As the cost of living continues to skyrocket, residents grapple with the costs of anything beyond basic necessities....
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Tax Wars: Intuit vs. H&R Block
A federal lawsuit filed in San Francisco pits two leading tax preparation firms—Intuit Inc. of Mountain View and H&R Block Inc. of Kansas City—in a war over, among other things, the question of...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s United Cannabis Enforcement Task Force
From one angle, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s United Cannabis Enforcement Task Force has been effective. Last week it announced that in the task force’s first full calendar year of operations, the state has...
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Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology
This week Rob Brezsny’s Free Will astrology is here for you! ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Dani Shapiro has published six novels, three bestselling memoirs and a host of articles in major...
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Once Was Sun Garden Packing Company
Only in San Jose would decades-old assembly lines of canned asparagus trigger one to walk down Monterey Highway and raise the ghosts of the Sun Garden Packing Company. Just last week, on a cold gray...
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Jazz Musician Lakecia Benjamin Plays Hammer Theatre
Each time American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin lifts her instrument to her lips to perform, a riveting, musical marvel occurs. The three-time Grammy-nominated artist’s...
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Symphony San Jose’s Automation
Symphony San Jose is gearing up for an unprecedented musical experience that aims to blur the lines between man and machine. Automation, will take the stage at the California Theatre on Jan. 27 and...
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